Afghans bury dead after illegal weapons cache blast

Afghans buried their dead and surveyed the wreckage of their houses in the remote northern village of Bashgah today – a day after a devastating explosion in the home of an anti-Taliban warlord killed about 26 people.

Officials said an illegal weapons cache caused the blast, highlighting the danger from arms piled up in a quarter-century of war and the task of disarming commanders wary of rivals and the country’s US-backed government.